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Jay Quadracci/ Greeley Tribune 1999 |
THE DEARFIELD GENEALOGIES: (a work in progress) |
Mike Peters, 1993 |
Mike Peters, 1993 |
It was a hard place to start a dream. When O.T. Jackson spoke of his vision of a Negro colony on the northern plains of Colorado, some thought it was a folly. And yet, despite the barren land, blizzards, lack of water and hard winds, other dreamers came and built homes and farms and plowed fields. They called it "Dearfield" to support their work in the dear fields of their community. The world economy and weather took their toll; Dearfield eventually became a ghost town but the lives of the dreamers serve as a reminder of the dream. |
DEARFIELD, COLORADO |
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